In August 1914, thirteen-year-old Amy was trapped on the Belgian seacoast as war was declared with Germany, alone with her younger brothers. British, resilient and feisty, she got back to occupied Brussels and began her war diaries.Amy knew Nurse Cavell and Ada Bodart, members of the secret network to get Allied soldiers across the frontier. She writes of zeppelins, food shortages, constant gunfire and spies. She confronts a 'sneering' German who demands to know where her brother is: 'I could have shot him,' she comments. Then it all changes: in 1917 her mother attacks her and Amy is moved to a Catholic boarding school nearby.Constantly in trouble for being disruptive, answering back, whistling, laughing in church and climbing onto roofs 'for fun', she longs for the love and approval of her teacher - and her estranged mother.
Clare Thorpe's need for order and symmetry governs everything she owns - from tins and toiletries, to cushions and clothes.Yet she has always managed to hide the compulsions dominating her world. Until now.When long-distance boyfriend Tom proposes, her secret life begins to unravel. How can she share a future with the man she loves, if she can't even share her space?And when the only way forward brings a threat greater than any compulsive behaviour, do they have a future together at all?A poignant and humorous story of love, family, secrets...and military precision.
On the first day of World War Two Jim begins a diary. An ardent eighteen-year-old pacifist, nothing will persuade him to fight.Seventy years later his daughter discovers his writing. After a month the entries cease until, two years later, he begins again. Now he is a married man and has volunteered for RAF Bomber Command. Janet has a mystery to solve. Why did he change his mind? What happened to the man she has only known as the young hero in his photo on the mantelpiece?Following in his footsteps throughout his training and first bombing raid, Janet compares the diaries with her own impressions of life then and now. In the twenty-first century when Jim's generation is all but gone, she traces her father's struggle and finds the reason she never knew him...
Discover Malcolm Spier's new and controversial way to sell thousands of records in this gripping story.
The absorbing memoir of a young woman's life in Malaysia and India.
A lightly fictionalised account of the loves and losses of Britain's first World Motor Racing Champion
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Want to get more of the important things done? This challenge to the way you think about yourself and your time will help you.
A guide to using astrology for personal empowerment.
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In a WWII story of fear versus hope, the unspoken limits of loyalty are exposed and the value of a compromised life contested.
'My American Odyssey - From Windrush to the Whitehouse' charts the life of a Black British boy, growing up in 1980s England, and travelling around America, sharing the cultural, historical and, at times emotional, links and contrasts between the two countries.
This book answers the age-old question 'Is there life after death?' with an emphatic 'yes' and ably demonstrates that all life is one.
Three years after suffering a personal tragedy Pippa Lambton is crushed by grief, and she is about to face making one of the hardest decisions of her life...
As Lloyd sets to work coming up with unique ideas to bring Charlotte back to life she is introduced to an intimate world of secret passions and desire.
One man's search through Spain in the footsteps of writer Laurie Lee.
Welcome to the majickal world of Winchett Dale starring Matlock the Hare in this adventure for all ages.
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'The Fifth Voice' is a poignant and comic tale of four lives and a single passion for music.
A guide to the basics of good quality practice for your business.
Secrets and the fragile nature of love set against the vibrant backdrop of the rock industry.
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